Carbon Dreams

Carbon Dreams
First edition
AuthorSusan M. Gaines
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherCreative Arts Book Company
Publication date
2000
Pages368
ISBN0-88739-306-3

Carbon Dreams was Susan M. Gaines's first novel, published in 2000 and reissued in 2022.[1] It was an early example of realist climate fiction, "science in fiction,"[2][3] and what is now known as Lab lit.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Editions of Carbon Dreams by Susan M. Gaines". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. ^ Tabak, Eline D. (2019). "Science in Fiction: A Brief Look at Communicating Climate Change through the Novel". RCC Perspectives (4): 97–104. ISSN 2190-5088. JSTOR 26760170.
  3. ^ Wilson, Elizabeth K. (June 4, 2001). "NOVELIST COMBINES C02 AND ROMANCE". Chemical and Engineering News: 81.
  4. ^ Rohn, Jennifer (2005-03-07). "What is Lab Lit (the genre)?". LabLit.com/article/3; Published 7 March 2005. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  5. ^ Pilkington, Olga A. (2017-07-03). "Popular Science Versus Lab Lit: Differently Depicting Scientific Apparatus". Science as Culture. 26 (3): 285–306. doi:10.1080/09505431.2016.1255722. ISSN 0950-5431. S2CID 151960774.